India’s Ritu Phogat went down to local favourite Tiffany Teo the ONE Championship’s ONE 161 via submission at the Singapore Indoor Stadium here on Thursday.
Ritu, making an appearance in the championship for the first time after her loss to Stamp Fairtex on December 3, 2021 did not have the best of the nights as she went down to Tiffany in the atomweight category via submission with just eight second remaining on the clock in the first round.
The competitors began the bout on a cautious note. It was the Singaporean who launched the first offence as she targeted Ritu leg’s with kicks, while the Indian landed good overhand rights. After the initial back and forth action, Tiffany put Ritu down on the mat and applied the Rear-Naked Choke. Ritu did not have much choice and eventually tapped out to suffer her third career loss.